Chapter Summaries

After recovering from the implantation of the Crimson Flame Flying Dragon Armor, Gao Wu studied under Hai Wuji alongside several young cultivators and gradually assimilated the armor. He successfully activated it, but Hai Wuji immediately tested it with a dangerously sharp Sword Qi.

• Gao Wu rested after surgery while Song Mingyue monitored him, and he later used the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation to help his body accept the Crimson Flame Flying Dragon Armor.
• Gao Wu, Song Mingyue, Chao Fengying, Yan Qiushui, and Chu Shenxiu attended Hai Wuji's lessons on selfishness, social Order, and the responsibilities that came with power.
• Hai Wuji began daily instruction in martial knowledge and cultivation, and Chao Fengying made rapid progress until she became an Advanced Warrior.
• After more than ten days, Gao Wu fully assimilated the armor and activated it, then attached the Tianming Sword to its back.
• Hai Wuji appeared behind Gao Wu and fired a sharp Sword Qi toward his brow to test the armor, alarming Gao Wu.

Gao Wu fought Hai Wuji in the Sword Saint’s Saint Domain, where Hai Wuji tested his swordsmanship and Crimson Flame Flying Dragon Armor before passing down a sword art made for him. The chapter ended with Gao Wu learning that the Heavenly Dragon Secret Sword was a closely guarded sect technique and promising not to reveal it, especially to Chu Shenxiu.

• Hai Wuji appeared in Gao Wu’s room and challenged him, prompting Gao Wu to fight back with the Tianming Sword and Crimson Flame Flying Dragon Armor.
• Hai Wuji defeated Gao Wu repeatedly in a five-minute battle, then praised his swordsmanship, armor, and exceptional physique.
• Gao Wu asked about the sealed room, and Hai Wuji explained that they were inside his Saint Domain, a miniature realm formed from projections of reality.
• Hai Wuji revealed that he had created the Heavenly Dragon Secret Sword for Gao Wu after studying the Shenlong Sutra’s methods and imprinted its nine sword forms and a trace of Sword Intent into Gao Wu’s spiritual world.
• Hai Wuji warned Gao Wu to keep the Heavenly Dragon Secret Sword secret and never practice it before outsiders, and Gao Wu agreed, singling out Chu Shenxiu.

Gao Wu spent months learning the Heavenly Dragon Secret Sword under Hai Wuji and chose to temper himself through a dangerous mission rather than remain behind his peers. Hai Wuji sent him to Dongwei Island to eliminate the Scorpion King’s Demonic Cult, warning that he would not protect Gao Wu personally.

• Hai Wuji secretly instructed Gao Wu in the Heavenly Dragon Secret Sword for ten days, and Gao Wu entered the sword art’s gate.
• Over the following months, Gao Wu watched his fellow students advance rapidly while he improved more slowly, despite reaching the proficient realm in the sword art and condensing two more Apertures.
• Gao Wu and the others saw Chu Shenxiu and Yan Qiushui off as they left, and Hai Wuji accepted Chao Fengying as his disciple the next day.
• Hai Wuji told Gao Wu that he could inherit the lineage and asked what path he had chosen; Gao Wu chose the first path and committed to dangerous tempering.
• Hai Wuji ordered Gao Wu to fly to Dongwei Island and wipe out the Scorpion King’s Demonic Cult, promising to warn powerful experts not to interfere but refusing to follow and protect him.

Gao Wu arrived in Xin'an City for dangerous training on Dongwei Island, where the Scorpion Cult held power inside the Meixin Pavilion Secret Realm. After meeting his contact Zhang Yunpeng and taking his final Heavenly Dragon Potion, Gao Wu entered the realm and saw thousands of Scorpion Cult followers worshipping the Demon God Scorpion King.

• Gao Wu took a taxi to the Xinxing Grand Hotel, where driver Tian Zhongyi told him about Xin'an's casinos, nightlife, and Meixin Pavilion.
• Gao Wu checked in under his real name while using the Hidden Dragon Sword to conceal his appearance and evade cameras.
• Zhang Yunpeng, a Martial Dao Grandmaster and Dongwei Island Supervision Department director, met Gao Wu and described the Scorpion Cult's control of Meixin Pavilion and the dangers beyond it.
• Gao Wu injected his final Level 7 Heavenly Dragon Potion, then prepared his weapons and left the hotel.
• Gao Wu entered Meixin Pavilion with a crowd of tourists and found thousands of black-robed followers worshipping a giant statue of the Demon God Scorpion King.

Gao Wu explored Meixin Pavilion, a lavish den of Demon God worshippers where people were killed and exploited for entertainment. After learning Xiao Mei had been beaten to death, he left with anger burning inside him and wondered if only blood and fire could cleanse the world.

• Gao Wu saw a large worship ceremony for the Demon God and came to understand the danger Dongwei Island posed and why Hai Wuji opposed its spread.
• Gao Wu entered Pegasus City and visited Meixin Pavilion disguised as Xiao Shuai, hiring Xiao Mei to guide him through the underground floors.
• Gao Wu watched a female Martial Artist kill her opponent in the arena and learned that people at Meixin Pavilion were treated as merchandise and killed for customers.
• Gao Wu returned to his room, sent his Yin Spirit to scout Meixin Pavilion, and grew disgusted by the place's corruption.
• Gao Wu learned from the receptionist that Xiao Mei had been beaten to death after apparently stealing a chip, and he quietly reflected on the world's filth.

Gao Wu confronted Lin Lijun at Meixin Pavilion to test the divine artifact hidden in the Demon God statue, the Eye of Secrecy. After Lin Lijun attacked under its concealment field, Gao Wu struck him with Invisible Thunder and killed him with the Tianming Sword.

• Lin Lijun guarded the Demon God statue and watched the believers gathered beneath it.
• Gao Wu entered the plaza and identified himself as a Supervision Department inspector sent to deal with the Scorpion Cult.
• Gao Wu used his Yin Spirit to observe the Eye of Secrecy's obscuring field and learned how it concealed Lin Lijun and hastened his Source Power.
• Lin Lijun activated his Pain Battle Armor and attacked Gao Wu, misjudging his strength because the artifact concealed Gao Wu's power.
• Gao Wu struck Lin Lijun between the brows with Invisible Thunder, then drove the Tianming Sword into his chest.
• Gao Wu's Sword Qi shattered Lin Lijun's body inside his armor.

Gao Wu killed Lin Lijun in one strike, then hid near the statue while the Scorpion Cult’s Divine Officials investigated the murder. The officials activated the Eye of Secrecy to search Meixin Pavilion for the powerful attacker, unaware that Gao Wu’s Yin Spirit was watching them.

• Gao Wu tested his improved Heavenly Dragon Secret Sword by killing Lin Lijun, earning more than thirty million Merit and leaving Lin Lijun’s Biochemical Battle Armor behind.
• Gao Wu examined the evil thing inside the statue but chose not to take it, then withdrew into the statue’s shadow and left his Yin Spirit to gather information.
• Beiye Xing arrived and found Lin Lijun’s blood; Guan Qianhu, Yuanye Guang, and Tianzhong Jun later joined her with the Cult Protection Guard.
• The Divine Officials questioned the believers, considered who might have killed Lin Lijun, and reviewed surveillance footage that showed only a blurred figure.
• The Divine Officials activated the Eye of Secrecy to scan Meixin Pavilion for a Martial Dao Master, while Gao Wu’s Yin Spirit watched from nearby.

After escaping the Eye of Secrecy, Gao Wu tracked Guan Qianhu to a villa and rested while considering how to spend the Merit he had earned by killing Lin Lijun. Before dawn, Gao Wu launched a sudden attack on Guan Qianhu, whose danger sense had warned him too late.

• The Divine Officials searched Meixin Pavilion with the Eye of Secrecy, found no abnormal Life Aura, and decided the attacker had escaped.
• Beiye Xing and Tianzhong Jun paired up for safety, while Guan Qianhu persuaded Yuanye Guang to rest with him in a private villa.
• Gao Wu hid from the Eye of Secrecy by concealing his aura through the Tianming Sword, then secretly followed Guan Qianhu to the villa.
• Gao Wu rested, recovered his strength, and reviewed the Merit and progress he had gained from killing Lin Lijun.
• Before dawn, Guan Qianhu sensed danger and warned Yuanye Guang, but Gao Wu's sword light tore through the bedroom wall as Guan Qianhu activated his Pain Battle Armor.

Gao Wu fought Yuanye Guang and Guan Qianhu, killing both Divine Officials and the two Strange Race Warriors in the villa. Yuanye Guang’s final spiritual attack left Gao Wu badly injured, and the Boundless Merit Book appeared as his condition worsened.

• Guan Qianhu activated the Burning God Art and Pain Battle Armor, but Gao Wu broke his Cold Moon Blade and pierced his chest.
• Yuanye Guang joined the fight with his Destruction Blade, and Gao Wu unleashed the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation and fought him with the Tianming Sword.
• Gao Wu exploited Guan Qianhu’s hesitation and pressed Yuanye Guang with rapid sword attacks before severing his neck with the Divine Dragon Sword.
• Yuanye Guang used the Blade of Destruction as he died, while Gao Wu’s Yin Spirit killed Guan Qianhu and the two Strange Race Warriors downstairs.
• Gao Wu collapsed from the spiritual injury and dwindling power, and the Boundless Merit Book appeared and opened.

Gao Wu awakened and upgraded the White Tiger Divine Weapon Incantation to improve his coordination and agility despite the Mark of Destruction damaging his soul. His pain no longer disrupted his movements, and he prepared to enter the Underground Divine Temple to kill Strange Race believers and gain Merit.

• Gao Wu awakened the White Tiger Divine Weapon Incantation but remained in agony from Yuanye Guang’s attack on his soul.
• Gao Wu considered fleeing Meixin Pavilion, then upgraded the White Tiger Divine Weapon Incantation to Great Accomplishment and suppressed his bodily uncoordination.
• Gao Wu spent another ten million Merit to raise the incantation further, increasing his agility to 20 and learning to reinforce his body and weapons.
• Gao Wu tested the Tianming Sword and found his movements swift and coordinated enough to fight without relying on Yin Spirit Sword Control.
• Gao Wu decided to enter the Underground Divine Temple and kill Strange Race believers to gain Merit.

Gao Wu infiltrated the Underground Divine Temple and killed its guards, including the level-five expert Jia Qilang. After gaining enough Merit, he headed for the square to upgrade the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Incantation and refine the Eye of Secrecy into the Tianming Sword.

• Gao Wu used his Yin Spirit to scout the Underground Divine Temple and found its guards and the statue of the Scorpion King.
• Gao Wu sent the Tianming Sword into the surveillance room and killed the two guards before entering the temple.
• Gao Wu slaughtered the Strange Race guards in the dormitory and defeated Jia Qilang with the Tianming Sword.
• Gao Wu searched the temple’s three levels, killed the remaining guards, and left the imprisoned believers confined.
• Gao Wu realized the Merit from thirty-seven people was enough to upgrade the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Incantation and decided to refine the Eye of Secrecy into the Tianming Sword.
• Gao Wu headed for the square before Beiye Xing and the others could react.

Zhang Yunpeng confronted Chief Priest Dongye Zhen at the airport and defeated her, while Tianye Cao arrived at Meixin Pavilion to take charge after Dongye failed to return. When Beiye Xing and Tianzhong Jun tried to locate the stolen Eye of Secrecy, their reactions revealed that something was wrong, and Tianye Cao looked toward the Otherworld.

• Beiye Xing and Tianzhong Jun found the statue's Eye of Secrecy missing and feared the enemy had destroyed the Scorpion Cult's leadership.
• Zhang Yunpeng intercepted Dongye Zhen at Xin'an City Airport and demanded she stop resisting his investigation.
• Dongye Zhen attacked Zhang Yunpeng with her Divine Arts, but he broke through her defenses and punched a hole through her chest.
• Zhang Yunpeng killed Dongye Zhen's two attendants and blasted her and her plane with a golden fist seal, though she escaped badly burned.
• Tianye Cao arrived at Meixin Pavilion and ordered Beiye Xing and Tianzhong Jun to locate the Eye of Secrecy.
• Beiye Xing and Tianzhong Jun activated their Divine Arts and reacted with alarm as Tianye Cao turned her gaze toward the Otherworld.

Gao Wu completed the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Incantation’s advancement, removed Yuanye Guang’s mark, and strengthened his Yin Spirit and Tianming Sword. After destroying the Underground Divine Temple and wiping out a Strange Race camp, he faced Tianye Cao, Dongwei Island’s foremost young expert, as Beiye Xing and Tianzhong Jun arrived nearby.

• Gao Wu advanced the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Incantation, removed Yuanye Guang’s mark, and raised his mental power to 25 points while the Tianming Sword gained a concealed transformation and reached Level Seven.
• Gao Wu destroyed the Underground Divine Temple’s archives and statue, then rode toward a Strange Race Law Enforcement Team camp.
• Gao Wu killed the camp’s Strange Race Warriors, including the Level Five expert Jia Sanlang, and gained thirty million Merit.
• Beiye Xing and Tianzhong Jun flew toward the camp as Tianye Cao arrived and introduced herself to Gao Wu.
• Gao Wu accepted Tianye Cao’s challenge and prepared to fight her.

Gao Wu fought Tianye Cao while Tianzhong Jun and Beiye Xing tried to join the battle. After Gao Wu killed both Divine Officials, he and Tianye Cao prepared to continue their duel.

• Gao Wu challenged Tianye Cao, who said she could not accept being called Dongwei Island's greatest expert because she was only a level-five Martial Artist.
• Gao Wu attacked Tianye Cao with his fast sword, and she parried his strikes with the Water Moon Blade.
• Tianzhong Jun ignored Tianye Cao's warning and attacked Gao Wu, while Beiye Xing joined in with her Scorpion Tail Whip.
• Gao Wu killed Tianzhong Jun with a leg strike and severed Beiye Xing's whip before countering her attacks.
• Gao Wu used his Yin Spirit-controlled sword to pierce Beiye Xing's forehead and kill her.
• Tianye Cao agreed that Gao Wu had been right to kill the two Divine Officials, and Gao Wu suspected she might be plotting something.

Gao Wu fought Tianye Cao after rejecting her attempt to persuade him to believe in the Evil God. He killed her with his four Divine Mantras, but Tianye Cao left him the Seven Laws Divine Garment and implied they would meet again.

• Tianye Cao explained that humans worshipped and sacrificed to the Evil God for their own survival, while Gao Wu rejected her reasoning.
• Gao Wu and Tianye Cao exchanged sword strikes, and Gao Wu realized that she matched the strength he unleashed.
• Gao Wu activated all four Divine Mantras, allowing him to see through Tianye Cao’s Water Moon Blade and overwhelm her with his twin swords.
• Gao Wu’s Yin Spirit pierced Tianye Cao’s forehead and severed her life force.
• Tianye Cao gave Gao Wu the Seven Laws Divine Garment, said they would meet again, and fell dead.

Gao Wu killed Tianye Cao’s clone and took the Seven Laws Divine Garment and Water Moon Blade, while Tianye Cao returned to her true body and reported her defeat to Luo Tai. Hai Wuji then confronted Luo Tai in Qiancao City and attacked him, despite the threat to the city’s residents.

• Gao Wu defeated Tianye Cao’s clone, gained no Merit from her death, and took the Seven Laws Divine Garment and Water Moon Blade.
• Tianye Cao awakened in her true body and confirmed that Gao Wu’s sword had killed her clone.
• Tianye Cao told Luo Tai that she had lost the fight and the two divine artifacts, and Luo Tai explained why the provinces might oppose Hai Wuji’s move on Dongwei Island.
• Hai Wuji arrived unexpectedly, challenged Luo Tai over his plans, and dismissed his warning about Qiancao City’s residents.
• Hai Wuji formed a sword with two fingers and thrust at Luo Tai.

Gao Wu sensed a terrifying deathly divine intent and learned that Qin Jiuyue's party had arrived in Xin'an City after Luo Tai was apparently killed. He reunited with Song Mingyue and Chao Fengying, then woke to news that Qu Hanshan and Qin Jiuyue wanted to see them.

• Gao Wu sensed a destructive divine intent and suspected that a Scorpion Cult powerhouse had died, possibly at Hai Wuji's hands.
• Qu Hanshan, Qin Jiuyue, and their companions arrived in Xin'an City, where Pei Jidao concluded that the dead powerhouse was likely Bishop Luo Tai.
• Zhang Yunpeng welcomed Qin Jiuyue's party, which traveled toward Meixin Pavilion to meet Hai Wuji.
• Gao Wu met Song Mingyue and Chao Fengying at the Pegasus Hotel, shared what had happened, and then rested after Song Mingyue gave him Golden Ginseng Oral Liquid.
• Song Mingyue woke Gao Wu and told him that Qu Hanshan and Qin Jiuyue had arrived and wanted them to come over.

Gao Wu met Qin Jiuyue, a Martial Saint and Hai Wuji’s senior brother, as the two clashed over whether to purge the Demonic Cult. The dispute ended with Qin Jiuyue proposing a disciple’s duel to decide whose side would prevail, and Gao Wu volunteered to fight Pei Jidao.

• Gao Wu knocked out Qin Jiuyue’s guards with his Sword Intent after they tried to search him, then entered the suite with Song Mingyue and Chao Fengying.
• Qin Jiuyue recognized Gao Wu as Hai Wuji’s direct disciple and welcomed him as a junior, praising his talent before Hai Wuji arrived.
• Hai Wuji and Qin Jiuyue exchanged greetings, and Hai Wuji announced that he intended to purge the Demonic Cult completely.
• Qin Jiuyue argued that destroying the Demonic Cult’s influence would harm millions of livelihoods, while Hai Wuji insisted that the Alliance needed to unite against the approaching chaos.
• Qin Jiuyue proposed that his Level Five disciple Pei Jidao fight one of Hai Wuji’s Level Five disciples, with the winner’s side deciding the matter.
• Gao Wu volunteered to fight for Hai Wuji, and Qin Jiuyue accepted the challenge.

Hai Wuji accepted Qin Jiuyue’s challenge and arranged for Gao Wu to fight Pei Jidao in ten days. After explaining how formidable Pei Jidao was, Hai Wuji decided Gao Wu should train against Dongye Zhen, leaving Gao Wu eager to claim her Merit.

• Hai Wuji and Qin Jiuyue agreed that Gao Wu and Pei Jidao would fight in ten days on a beach north of Qiancao City.
• Hai Wuji took Gao Wu, Song Mingyue, and Chao Fengying to a villa by the beach, where they would stay while preparing for the match.
• Hai Wuji praised Gao Wu for stepping forward but warned that Pei Jidao was a powerful prodigy trained in the Ox, Dragon, and Tiger Phases of the Nine Phases Divine Fist.
• Gao Wu demonstrated the White Tiger Divine Weapon Incantation on the Tianming Sword, and Hai Wuji judged that Gao Wu could fight Pei Jidao if he added Chiyan.
• Hai Wuji compared Pei Jidao’s strength with Tianye Cao and Dongye Zhen, then told Gao Wu to spar with Dongye Zhen over the next few days.

Gao Wu fought Tianye Cao on White Sand Beach under Hai Wuji’s supervision, seeking to test his Martial Dao against the Scorpion Cult disciple. Tianye Cao’s Seven Laws Divine Order could not save her, and she died in Gao Wu’s flames as the Order fell onto the beach.

• Hai Wuji brought the unconscious Tianye Cao to Gao Wu and told him to kill her for her role in the Scorpion Cult’s crimes.
• Gao Wu faced Tianye Cao on White Sand Beach and rejected her attempt to concede, insisting they fight to the death.
• Tianye Cao activated the Seven Laws Divine Order and used the Taiyin Hand to meet Gao Wu’s Dragon-Roaming Palm.
• Tianye Cao broke through Gao Wu’s defense and slashed his shoulder, but Gao Wu struck her chest with power from three divine incantations.
• Gao Wu’s Li Fire Divine Light burned Tianye Cao to ash, leaving the Seven Laws Divine Order to fall onto the beach.